According to the Declaration of Independence, we are all endowed by our creator with the "right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." But according to psychologists, we take that phrase a bit more literally than we ought to. »9/30/14 11:40am 9/30/14 11:40am

You've probably never heard of Alfred Korzybski, but he was famous in the mid-20th century. He didn't just invent a whole new science, he also had a huge influence on Robert A. Heinlein and a ton of other important science fiction authors. Author Lee Konstantinou brings us the strange tale of Count Korzybski.»9/05/14 8:00am 9/05/14 8:00am

What's wrong with "mankind"? It's at the heart of one of the greatest semantic debates of our time. Some say the word is gender-neutral and means "all humanity." To others, "mankind" sounds gender specific and means "a bunch of men without women." They prefer "humanity" or "humankind." So who is correct? To find out,… »11/20/12 3:58pm 11/20/12 3:58pm

Back in the 1870s, a newspaper editor named Christopher Latham Sholes rearranged the letters on typewriters so that the keys would stop jamming. The result was the QWERTY keyboard... and his innovation has actually fundamentally altered how we think about words. »3/08/12 1:26pm 3/08/12 1:26pm